Jaleriz Otel
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Euphrates River Valley sites
... saw Rumkale Castle high on a cliff overlooking the river - it was built in the 8th century A.D. at a strategic intersection point where a tributary flows into the Eurphrates. It has been occupied by the Assyrians, Hittites, Persians, and Romans. It is under restoration now, so we could only view it from the boat, but it was immense. We could also see remnants of cave villages built into the rocks about the river. We arrived ...
Tuerkısche Kueche
... gehalten wırd eıne Hauptspeıse ausgesucht. Es war Geschnetzeltes mıt Tomaten und Zwıebeln auf eınem Aubergınenbett und dıe Beılage war Bulgur. Zum Abschluss hatte ıch dann noch den oblıgaten Tee und eın super Dessert. Es war Walnuesse mıt Teıg umgeben, gebacken und danach noch ım Sırup gekocht (keıne Ahnung wıe das Dessert hıess...).
Das ganze kostete gerade mal 7 Euro. ...
A low point of the trip
... stern, so un-human. The man seemed to have no care in the world other than making us feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. Eventually, he had made his mind up, and we weren’t coming in.
He took our passports one last time to photocopy them, and we gathered our bankcards and drivers licenses up off the table – all items we had used to try and prove that we were who we said we were, and with that we were off walking through the minefield again.
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Thinking of Gazientep?.....Don't
... flight booked to Indonesia so we had a deadline, it was too little time to try to visit another country and it just felt like too much time to stay in Turkey. Limited financially and geographically, we decided to stay in Turkey but to visit an area close to the Syrian border to see if things changed away from the more touristy route. We were off to Gaziantep, known to be home of the best baklava and the world’s biggest mosaics. Okay, ...
The Euphrates, Halfeti Boating & Cagdas Fistikli
... on the water at a pontoon restaurant eating the same fish, Sabut, as we had on the Tigris at Hasankeyf (equally delicious). An Efes beer slipped down easily in the heat.
After lunch, the day's highlight - a boat trip out on the reservoir to the ruined Byzantine fortress of Rumkale and the partially flooded village of Savas (where we stopped for cay). LP says this is a "must do" & I agree. Attractive canyon, cute villages tumbling ...